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Mines, rivers, and a regional crisis

by Admin | Dec 18, 2025 | Opinion Papers, Resource Extraction

Source: Bangkok Post | By Tuenjai Deetes “Today, we can no longer use our rivers at all. That happiness is gone. Everything has changed. We live with anxiety — fear of contamination, fear of illness, fear for our children.” Read Full...

Junta Pushes Revival of China-Backed Myitsone Dam Project

by Admin | Dec 17, 2025 | Daily News, Resource Extraction

Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi The military regime is pushing to to revive the long-suspended Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State, coinciding with junta efforts to persuade Beijing to engineer a truce with the state’s ethnic resistance. Read Full...

How pollution, dams and destructive fishing practices are affecting indigenous Karen people

by Admin | Dec 15, 2025 | Opinion Papers, Resource Extraction

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Zachary Lim, Anis Nabilah Azlee Over the past decade, pollution has shrunk the population of fish for consumption, and impending damming projects have displaced thousands of indigenous Karen villagers. Read Full...

How China Weaponizes Asia’s Rivers

by Admin | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinion Papers, Resource Extraction

Source: The Irrawaddy | By Chandu Doddi China’s control of the Tibetan Plateau, the source of 10 major Asian rivers, gives it unprecedented hydro-strategic leverage.  Read Full Story

China, Quad, and the rare earths mineral competition in Myanmar

by Admin | Dec 9, 2025 | Opinion Papers, Resource Extraction

Source: Asia Times | By Rahul Mishra and Shashank Khandwe Ethnic rebel groups’ advances against the junta have disrupted Chinese resource-extraction dominance, leaving an opening Read Full Story

Militias Assist PRC-Based Ventures Mining Rare Earth Elements in Myanmar

by Admin | Dec 5, 2025 | Opinion Papers, Politics/Policy, Resource Extraction

Source: Read Full Story | Publication, Volume 23 Issue 10 The Tatmadaw, however, has been pragmatic in maintaining some semblance of control over REE supplies within its borders, which it uses to help secure international relationships. Read Full...
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